[Ads-l] aggression

[Jonathan Lighter]

Maybe (though I doubt it) and no.

"Aerotaunting" is preferred.

JL

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> > On Apr 29, 2016, at 5:06 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > This  is the word CNN prefers to "aggressiveness."  They keep referring
> to
> > the unfriendly stunt-flying by Russian pilots over American ships and
> > planes as "Russian aggression." This is especially startling when they
> say
> > things like, "Coming up: Russian aggression!"
> >
> > I suppose it has a ring to it.  Some of us, however, were sensitized
> early
> > to a more violent sense of "Russian aggression."
> >
> > JL
> >
>
> You'd feel a bit more comfortable if it were "Russian microaggression"?
>
> LH
>
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